Day 1 - Shadow Rank Boost to @charliebirchfoto
As specified in our latest post we are giving out a special bonus Shadow Rank boost every day to a great Steemian that is part of our platform!
@charliebirchfoto got the first one for November 1st but many many more are coming! We are also gathering up the top 31 from our "contest" and will have those out for everyone as well!
Make @shadowbot your Witness Voting Proxy
Simply follow the 5 steps below:
Head to the Vote for Witness page.
At the very bottom of the page you will see "You can also choose a proxy that will vote for witnesses for you. This will reset your current witness selection."
Type in shadowbot and click "SET PROXY".
You will be asked to login using your active key. Sign in with your active or master key.
You have now set @shadowbot as your Witness Voting Proxy!
Read more about how and why you should make @shadowbot your Witness Voting Proxy:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@bigdeej/how-and-why-to-make-shadowbot-your-witness-voting-proxy-pro-tips
I have been using this for a while and frankly, I don't think it is worth it. Your votes alone completely drain my Voting Power. Because of that, I have stopped interacting with my followers and now my posts have a miserable number of votes. I will probably get out of this and resume using my account normally.
I think the way to do so is to change your keys.
With that in mind, if you have an auto voter set up, it'll need reset because it uses your current key.
On that note, it would be cool if @shadowbot had steemconnect compatibility so it could be turned on and off easily. Maybe something the team could look into.
The issue with this concept is it violates our core principle. You should earn Shadow Rank. It is unfair to members to enable your account when you make a post, get votes at a high rank, then leave. To allow accounts to turn on and off at their will would change the entire nature of our platform and open up abuses that would destroy those who worked really hard to get up in our community.
I see your point. But would it not be possible to start folks over and reset their shadow rank if they decided to leave?
This is coming from a guy that doesn't know coding or any of that, so my ignorance may really be shining out lol
ANYTHING is possible with code, we are talking philosophy and a commitment to our members. It just isn't fair to people who contribute sooo much every day to allow others to just pop in to get up votes and not give them back. This is why we do shadow rank boosts for good members, to ensure if you give more than you get you are rewarded properly over time and is our way of avoiding charging for the system AND stops scammers from being able to "game" our system. We are always open to adapting and the new system will allow a little more control but there is always a trade off and we don't want to make abrupt changes that hurt those with a lot of SP who built up their rank over months unfairly! Some members make less than 1 post a week and contribute over 10k SP in votes. It is a balancing act.
I would like the possibility of setting shadowbot votes just every 12h or so.
A vote every 5 hours limits me too much. I can't do much else with my Power being drained so much...
And where's the return?
I used to have 15 or 20 votes per post. Now I am down to almost zero.
Besides a friend who upvotes my posts, there is busy.org and sbi.
I feel like I am in a ghost town.
Our new release will allow more fine tuning, but remember the less you give the less you will get, the more you give the faster your Shadow Rank increases which in turn over time means you get more. That is the beauty of this metric! You can boost your Shadow Rank by simply powering up SP or getting it delegated to you. You also earn Shadow Rank over time by contributing to the community.
Hmmm. And when is that coming out?
@shadowbook will roll out online over the next 2 months in beta and we plan for a hard launch early 2019! Expect a HUGE amount of improvement as we transition to a multi chain service and a full social media network cross blockchain!
Sounds good. I will keep using it a while longer, then.
Congratulations @shadowbot!
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